""bond"" yes, except quill likes to avoid acknowledging it to any real degree, SORRY IZUKU

but he is all down for rescue missions, questionable or otherwise! he'll genuinely be slightly horrified by the fact that no-one on the alyce is, like, able/allowed to fight because ??? the galaxy is not a friendly place

he's also secretly a nerd himself, albeit more 'specialised, niche interests' than anything else, with a side of 'failed NASA recruit'.